Gio Shengelia was Born in the capital of the Republic of Georgia, Tbilisi, in 1984. Grew up in the midst of a Civil War aimed at independence, which would ultimately lead to the triumphant secession from the Soviet Union in April 1991.
Gio and his young cohorts chose to express their frustration and uncertainty at their homeland’s future through music, and despite all of the odds - Making electronic music in times of Political and Economical uncertainty, where electricity was scarce, points at Shengelia’s dedication to his craft. Georgia’s veteran DJ has single handedly established himself as a dominant force within the Tbilisi’s electronic music scene.
This Turbulent post-soviet experience influenced Gio’s music heavily. His music zigzags from Vaulting house to techno. Gio introduced a new, elegantly polished sound of minimal Georgian and eventually a larger Eastern European audience. His vision and success helped shape the country’s club culture as one of the world’s most extreme and rapidly rising in the world.
Since making his away across the Atlantic to the cultural powerhouse of New York City, Gio has been bringing his unique flavor to the city’s burgeoning electro scene, and he is regarded as one of the top DJs to come out of Eastern Europe.